List of Dakar Rally records

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This is a list of records in the Dakar Rally since 1979. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Records are correct as of the 2024 Dakar Rally. Updates are likely to happen during a rally and are subject to change due to the nature of time penalties occurring throughout the rally.

Bold names indicate active as of the most recently finished rally.

Stage wins for pilots and manufacturers will include any Dakar Experience/joker and prologue stage wins.

Bike

Quad

Since 2009

Lightweight

Since 2017 SSVs became a separate class from the cars.

Since 2021 the Lightweight class was further separated into T3 Lightweight Prototype and T4 Modified Production SSV.

For 2021 all Lightweights were under a single entry list but had separate general classifications. T3s had entry numbers from 380 to 399 and T4s had 400 to 454.

T4 Modified Production SSV

T3 Lightweight Prototype

Since 2021

Car

Truck

Classic

Since 2021

Overall

Rally

Entrants

  • Highest number of entrants (including 224 assistance cars and trucks): 688 (2005)
  • Highest number of entrants (only competitors): 603 (1988)
  • Highest number of female entrants: 17 (2019) [8]

Finishers

  • Highest number of finishers: 317 (2022) (446 including Classic)
  • Highest percentage of entrants finishing: 77.51% (2017) (80.94% including Classic)
  • Lowest number of entrants: 153 (1993)
  • Lowest number of finishers: 67 (1993)
  • Lowest percentage of entrants finishing: 20.58% (1986)

Distance

  • Longest rally: 15,000 km/9,320 miles (1986)
  • Shortest rally: 6263 km/3,892 miles (1981)

Countries

Biggest variation between first and last finisher (since 2009, until further reliable data is found)

ClassYearFirst PilotFirst ResultLast PilotLast ResultVariation
Bike2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Sunderland38:47:30 Flag of Ecuador.svg Juan Puga203:59:47+165:12:17
Quad2014 Flag of Chile.svg Ignacio Casale68:28:04 Flag of Argentina.svg Eugenio Favre155:25:31+86:57:27
T32022 Flag of Chile.svg Francisco López Contardo45:50:51 Flag of Russia.svg Boris Gadasin230:03:52+184:13:01
T42018 Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo Varela72:44:06 Flag of Argentina.svg Leo Larrauri205:04:18+132:20:12
Car2019 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah34:38:14 Flag of Spain.svg Alex Aguirregaviria524:26:48+489:48:34
Truck2014 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Karginov55:00:28 Flag of Andorra.svg Georges Ginesta336:49:15+391:48:47
Classic2021 Flag of France.svg Marc Douton961 Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Corcuera307707+306746

Individuals

Vehicle

Countries

Number of times entered

CountryEntries
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 27
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 22
Flag of France.svg France 21
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 20
Flag of Niger.svg Niger 14
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 12
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 10
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)7
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of Libya.svg Libya 6
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 5
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 4
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 3
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 2
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Flag of Chad.svg Chad
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1
Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay

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